Articles by Travis Kriens

HOUSTON (AP) — Pablo López pitched seven strong innings and Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 6-1 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night. “He pitched great [Read More…]

Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever survive Chicago Sky’s late charge to earn first home win, 71-70

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored 18 points and Caitlin Clark had 11 points, eight rebounds and six assists Saturday as the Indiana Fever won their first home game of the season, 71-70, over the [Read More…]

Two Jackrabbit Football Games to be Televised on ESPN Networks

South Dakota State will have back-to-back rivalry football games televised nationally on the ESPN family of networks during the upcoming 2024 season. As part of a new six-year television rights agreement signed last summer between [Read More…]

8 Northern California middle school students arrested for assault on 2 peers

NOVATO, Calif. (AP) — Eight Northern California middle school students accused of carrying out a planned assault on a fellow student that others recorded have been arrested, police said. The attack occurred Friday at Sinaloa [Read More…]

Chicago woman gets 30 years for helping mother kill pregnant teen who had child cut from her womb

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman who pleaded guilty to helping her mother kill a pregnant teenager in 2019 before the baby was cut from her womb with a butcher knife was sentenced Thursday to 30 years [Read More…]

Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in jury decision

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Chad Daybell was sentenced to death Saturday for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in Idaho. The sentence was handed down after an Idaho jury unanimously agreed that [Read More…]

Republican factions fighting for control of the party in Tuesday’s primary election

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Most of the action in Tuesday’s South Dakota primary election is in Republican legislative races, where a fight for control of the party has drawn in players ranging from upstart [Read More…]

Homicide investigation sparks rare level of state-tribal cooperation

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A double stabbing that left one man dead and another hospitalized led to a rare extradition order to state custody from the Yankton Sioux Tribe this week. Mackenzie Antelope, 18, [Read More…]

Charles Mix County Fatal Crash Involves 43-Year-Old Man

Charles Mix County, S.D.- A 43-year-old man died Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash near Academy, SD. The name of the person involved has not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates the [Read More…]

Schwan’s purchases Sioux Falls land for new food production facility

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight Three years after it was first announced, Schwan’s Co. is taking the next step in its investment in South Dakota after closing on 142 acres of land in northwest Sioux [Read More…]

Group that sued Noem says she was ‘threatening’ while trying to avoid being served

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight The group that sued Governor Kristi Noem for her promotion of a Texas dental office wants the lawsuit reinstated and says Noem was “evasive” and “threatening” while she attempted to avoid being [Read More…]

An obscure drug discount program stifles use of federal lifeline by rural hospitals

Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News Facing ongoing concerns about rural hospital closures, Capitol Hill lawmakers have introduced a spate of proposals to fix a federal program created to keep lifesaving services in small towns [Read More…]

Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through [Read More…]

South Dakota to Dedicate 12 Bridges for 15 Fallen Heroes

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will be hosting 12 fallen hero bridge dedication ceremonies this year, honoring 15 veterans. In 2019, Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Departments of Veterans [Read More…]

Court rejects appeal of Wyoming man tased, pepper sprayed during traffic stop

A Wyoming man who was tased, kneed and pepper sprayed by Evansville police during a 2018 traffic stop lost his court appeal this week when a federal judicial panel concluded the officers did not violate [Read More…]

Trucker in Nebraska sentenced to 29 years for taking minor across state lines for sex

LINCOLN — A truck driver was sentenced in Nebraska this week to 29 years in prison after he met a teenager through social media and transported the minor across state lines to engage in sexual [Read More…]

South Dakota bucks trend of people waiting to marry

Greta Goede, South Dakota News Watch BROOKINGS, S.D. – While the average age for first-time marriages nationally has been steadily increasing since 2000, South Dakotans are among the youngest to tie the knot. The state [Read More…]

Funds for clean school buses coming to hundreds of districts, including Tripp-Delmont, White House says

WASHINGTON — As part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide approximately 530 school districts across nearly all states with almost $1 billion to [Read More…]

Activists fail to convince Board of Elections to move toward hand-counting

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight The state Board of Elections did not approve petitions Wednesday from activists who want to move the state toward hand-counting ballots. A Republican state Senate candidate, Rick Weible, of Elkton, petitioned [Read More…]

Groups argue in federal court for local control of pipeline routes